OUR STORY

CASTO is a privately held, fully integrated real estate services firm dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of client service. With 90 years of successful development and management of commercial, industrial and residential real estate, we continue to utilize our core competencies, market strengths and competitive advantages in ways that produce substantial returns, both financial and non-financial, for our clients, investors, partners and the communities in which our projects are located. We are a team of more than 270 associates who bring diverse talents, perspectives and experience to the CASTO name and believe that the best efforts are rewarded with the best results.

1926

Company founded by Don M. Casto, Sr. in Columbus, Ohio to build single-family homes. After his death in 1963, radio commentator Paul Harvey described Casto as "the man who changed the shopping habits of the free world".

1928

Company shifted its focus to retail with the opening of Grandview Avenue Shopping Center in Columbus, Ohio. Also known as "The Bank Block", the area is still a thriving retail corridor today.

1949

Opened one of the nation’s first regional shopping centers, Town & Country, in suburban Whitehall, Ohio.

1950s-1980s

Company adds 8,747,780 SF to its portfolio throughout the midwest and gains national prominence as a leader in property management.

In 1951, company opened Mayfair Apartments in Columbus, Ohio, the company’s first apartment community.